Cerro Toco

#250 among destinations in Chile

Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano

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Cerro Toco is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Atacama desert in Chile's II Region, approximately 6 km south of the border between Bolivia and Chile and 12 km SE of the Juriques and Licancabur volcanoes. It conforms the north eastern extreme of the Purico Complex, a pyroclastic shield made up by several stratovolcanoes, lava domes and a maar. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 18386 ftCoordinates: 22°56'24"S, 67°46'49"W

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Cerro Toco – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Purico complex, Atacama Cosmology Telescope, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory.

2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Volcano
Purico complex
53 min walk • The Purico complex is a Pleistocene volcanic complex in Chile close to Bolivia, formed by an ignimbrite, several lava domes and stratovolcanoes and one maar.
1.4 miS
Observatories and planetariums
Atacama Cosmology Telescope
36 min walk • The Atacama Cosmology Telescope is a six-meter diameter telescope located on Cerro Toco in the Atacama Desert in the north of Chile, near the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory.
5.6 miSE
Park
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
144 min walk • The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment is a radio telescope 5,064 meters above sea level, at the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in the Atacama desert in northern Chile, 50 km east of San Pedro de Atacama built and operated by 3 European research institutes.
4 miSE
Observatories and planetariums
University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory
103 min walk • The University of Tokyo Atacama Observatory is an astronomical observatory located on the summit of Cerro Chajnantor, at an altitude of 5,640 m within a lava dome in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
5.4 miSE
Observatories and planetariums
Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment
138 min walk • The Atacama Submillimeter Telescope Experiment is a 10-meter-diameter antenna built by Mitsubishi Electric as a preprototype for ALMA. The ASTE was deployed to its site on Pampa La Bola, near Cerro Chajnantor and the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory in northern Chile.
1.4 miS
Observatories and planetariums
Simons Observatory
35 min walk • The Simons Observatory is located in the high Atacama Desert in Northern Chile inside the Chajnator Science Preserve, at an altitude of 5,200 meters. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope and the Simons Array are located nearby and these experiments are currently making observations of the Cosmic Microwave Background.
5.4 miE
Observatories and planetariums
NANTEN2 Observatory
137 min walk • The NANTEN2 Observatory is a southern sky observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is located at an altitude of 4,800 m on Pampa la Bola next to Cerro Chajnantor.
0.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain, Volcano
Cerro Toco
14 min walk • Cerro Toco is a stratovolcano located in the eastern part of the Atacama desert in Chile's II Region, approximately 6 km south of the border between Bolivia and Chile and 12 km SE of the Juriques and Licancabur volcanoes.